Celebrity Circuit

In Washington

Actresses Joan Collins, center, and Lynda Carter, left, share a laugh with Jack Valenti, former president of the Motion Picture of America, during a luncheon at the National Press Club in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2006.

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Actress Joan Collins addresses a luncheon at the National Press Club in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2006.

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Actress Lynda Carter attends a luncheon at the National Press Club in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2006.

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Actress Joan Collins poses with her husband, Percy Gibson, during a luncheon at the National Press Club in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2006. Collins spoke at the luncheon.

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Snowflake Ball

Actress and UNICEF Ambassador Tea Leoni shows off her gown on the red carpet at the Third Annual UNICEF Snowflake Ball at Cipriani's 42nd Street in New York Nov. 28, 2006.

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Television personalities Al Roker and Deborah Roberts pose together at the Third Annual UNICEF Snowflake Ball at Cipriani's 42nd Street in New York Nov. 28, 2006.

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Andrew Cuomo and guest are photographed on the red carpet at the Third Annual UNICEF Snowflake Ball at Cipriani's 42nd Street, Nov. 28, 2006, in New York. Cuomo, New York's attorney general-elect, was in the cabinet of the first Clinton administration.

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Actress and UNICEF Ambassador Tea Leoni jokes with photographers as she walks the red carpet at the UNICEF Snowflake Ball at Cipriani's 42nd Street, New York, Nov. 28, 2006.

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Television personality Bryant Gumbel, right, poses with his wife Hilary Quinlan, second from right, and his son Bradley, left, and daughter Jillian at the Third Annual UNICEF Snowflake Ball at Cipriani's 42nd Street, in New York on Nov. 28, 2006. Gumbel was host for the event.

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Barbara Bush, daughter of the president and junior chair of the Snowflake Committee, poses on the red carpet at the Third Annual UNICEF Snowflake Ball at Cipriani's 42nd Street, in New York on Nov. 28, 2006.

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Singer and UNICEF Ambassador India.Arie poses on the red carpet at the Third Annual UNICEF Snowflake Ball at Cipriani's 42nd Street, in New York on Nov. 28, 2006.

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TV personality Gayle King is photographed as she arrives at the Third Annual UNICEF Snowflake Ball at Cipriani's 42nd Street, in New York on Nov. 28, 2006.

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Dr. Ruth Westheimer, a sex therapist and TV and radio personality, attends the Third Annual UNICEF Snowflake Ball at Cipriani's 42nd Street, in New York on Nov. 28, 2006.

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Gotham Awards

Director Alfonso Cuaron, left, is joined by directors Guillermo del Toro, middle, and Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu on the red carpet at the 16th Annual Gotham Awards presentation, Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2006, in New York. Inarritu's "Babel" won the prize for best ensemble cast.

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Actor Ryan Gosling is photographed as he arrives at the 16th Annual Gotham Awards presentation, Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2006, in New York. Gosling starred in "Half Nelson," a drug addiction drama that swept the night, winning prizes for best feature, breakthrough director and breakthrough actor.